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REGISTERING APPAFATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 662,694, dated November 27, 1966.

Application filed February 12, 1898- b'erial No. 670,066- (N od To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, FRANK LAMBERT and SAUL ARONSON, citizens of the United States, residing at New York, (Brooklyn,) Kings county, State of New York, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Registering Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to indicating, registering, or recording apparatus in general, though more particularly described in rela tion to voting-machines.

The principal feature of the invention is a nutating key-that is, a key free to be tilted in various directions to operate one or more registering or recording mechanisms.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an outside elevation of aregistering-machine adapted to be used for voting. Fig. 2 is a plan, partly in section, of the same machine. Fig. 3 is a sectional elevation taken on line F F of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation through line F F of Fig. Fig. 5 is a section taken on line F F of Figs. 2 and 6. Fig. 6 is a sectional plan of one of the cells. Fig. 7 is a view of a detail, drawn to an enlarged scale, taken on line F F of Fig. 6. Figs. 8 and 9 are edge and inverted plan views, respectively, of a detail. Fig. 10 is a portion of an enlarged sectional elevation similar to Fig. 5, showing in full side view one of the registering meohanismsand taken on line F F of Fig. 11. Fig. 11 is a view taken on line F F of Fig. 10. Figs. 12 to 17, inclusive, are views of details hereinafter referred to. Fig. 18 is a plan view of a machine adapted to register independent votes as well as votes for regular candidates. Fig. 19 is a side elevation taken on line F F 01'' Fig. 18. Fig. 20 is a partial side elevation looking at Fig. 18 from the left-hand side, the casing being in section. Figs. 2i, 22, and 23 show details relating to Fig. 18 and hereinafter referred to. Fig. 2-1 is a plan view of a voting-machine adapted for group voting. Fig. 25 is asectionalelevation taken on line F of Fig. 24. view. Fig. 27 represents a modification of a portion of Fig. 24. Fig. 28 is a plan view of a voting-machine in which one of the cells is adapted to register straight-ticket votes and another cell adapted for amendment- Fig. 26 is. a detail.

votes. Fig. 29 is a sectional elevation taken on line F F of Fig. 28. Fig. 30 is a sectional elevation taken on line F F of Figs. 28 and 29, certain portions being broken away. Figs. 81 to 34. are details hereinafter referred to. Figs. 35, 36, and 37 are diagrams representing the various positions of some of the working parts. Fig. 38 is a side elevation, partly in section, of a modified form of the single cell working on the principle of a nutating key. Fig. 39 is a plan view of Fig. 38 with a portion broken away. Figs. 40 and ll are details hereinafter referred to.

All of the variations necessary in a general voting-machine are represented in the drawings and hereinafter described. All the cells shown and described are operated on the same general principle-that is, a nutating multiple keyis adapted to operate a plurality of indicating or registering mechanisms.

Figs. 1 to 17 represent the details of mechanism for one form of voting, in which two cells are shown to illustrate how a plurality of cells can be controlled from outsideof the booth. Each cell is adapted to separatelyindie-ate or register the votes cast for a certain number of candidates for a single office by means of a nutating multiple key, and as many cells are necessary as there are officers to be elected at one time.

Normally the registers are completely covered, so that'the voter cannot tell how the registers stand. \Vhen a key has been once used for voting, it is locked, so that only one vote can be cast in each cell, and before another voter is admitted to the voting-booth the key is released and a totalizing-register actuated to showthe total number of voters, all as hereinafter explained.

Each cell will be first described apart from the rest of the mechanisms shown in Figs. 1 to 4.

Referring to Figs. 3, 4, and 5, key-lever 1 is so mounted in register-plate 2 as to be free to be tilted in any direction. As shown, the spherical part or ball 3 of the key is fulcru'med in the socket-bearinget of plate 2, the lower end of the key extending through an opening in the lower part of the bearing a, and a cap 5 is secured to plate 2 to prevent the lifting of the key. The register-plate 2 is rigidly supported on standard (3 and has secured to its upper side a number of registers 7 S. A hood 9, secured to the registerplate by screws 10, Fig. 2, surrounds and covers the registers.

The key 1 is normally held in a vertical position, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4;, by means of a rider l1 and a spring 12. The lower face of the plate 2 immediately around the bearing 4, Fig. 5, is approximately on a level with the center of the ball 3. The rider 11 is cupped or shaped at its upper part to straddle the bearing 4; and at the lower part forms a sleeve fitted at the part 13 to slide on the lower end of the key 1. The recess in the sleeve below the part 13 receives the spring 12, which is held therein by a nut 14, screwed on the lower end of the key. This nut forces the spring 12 and rider ll upward, and consequently the upper edge or bearingface of the rider is brought to bear squarely against the lower face of the plate 2, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. e.

If the key 1 is tilted, as shown in Fig. 5, the straddling part of the rider 11 cannot maintain its normal position relative to the ball 3, as the plate 2 prevents this. Consequently the rider ll will slide downward on the lower end of the key and on nut 14, compressing the spring 12 between the shoulder at 13 and said nut, and when the key is released the compressed spring 12 forces the key and rider back to their normal positions. The key 1 is further provided with aknob 15, which may be hollowed out at the top to re ceive a finger of the operator, and between the ball 3 and the knob 15 the key is provided with a cup 10, the purpose of which is hereinafter explained. To prevent any undue strain on the key, it is so mounted in its balland-socke't joint as to be free to rotate on its own axis.

The tilting of the key 1 in certain directions actuates the registers 7 S, as will be explained, and to enable this to be done properly the tilting of the key must be limited to certain definite directions. For this purpose the top of the hood 9 is provided with radial slots 17, Fig. 13, in which slots the key is normally free to move, the number of slots corresponding to the number of registers 7 8-that is, six in the machine represented.

The registers 7 8 are preferably placed radially from the center of movement of the key and equidistant from each other. The slots 17 will also be preferably equidistant from each other and on radii somewhat to one side of the axes of the registers, in this case thirty degrees or midway between two of the said axes.

The hood 9, which is shown separately in Fig. 13, is further provided with slots or openings 18 just above the register and wide enough to disclose the top row of numbers on the registerwheels. Slots 19 are circumferentially extended, for the purpose explained farther on. The top of the hood 9 has concentric recesses, in the lower one of which spider 20 is freely mounted, as shown in Figs. 2, 5, 7, 10, and 11 and separately in Figs. 16 and 17. The purpose of this spider is to normally cover the registers, to block the key when the registers are uncovered, and to act on the registers to allow them to be returned to zero for a new election. The spider is starshaped or formed with alternate solid por tions 21 and openings 22, whereby it may serve alternately to cover and uncover the registers 7 S. A forked projection 23 of the spider extends through one of the openings 18 and slots 1.) in the hood 9 and can be moved back and forth within the cut-away portion of the hood. (See Fig. l.)

A ring 2st, just below the plate 2, Figs. 3, 4:, 5, and 6, is guided and supported on a circular shoulder of the standard 6 and is capable of partial rotation. A rod 25, projecting upward from this ring, engages between the forks of the projection 23 to move the spider 20. Normally the solid portions 21 of spider 20 cover the openings 18 in the hood 9, and therefore also cover the registers 7 8. The spider 20 is also provided with radial slots 26, normally corresponding in position to slots 17 in hood 9; but when the spider 20 is partially rota-ted the solid portion between the slots 26 cover part of the slots 17, and thus reduce the angle of tilting of the key 1. Pins 27, secured to the spider 20, project downward therefrom, fora purpose hereinafter explained.

Just above the spider 20 is a follower in disk form, preferably of transparent material, as glass, Figs. 2 and 5, which follower is loosely mounted on the key 1 and is carried along with the key in all of its movements. "his follower completely covers the slotted central opening of the cell at all times and prevents any tampering with the registering or other mechanism. Above the follower 28, resting in another circular recess of the hood 5), is a aper-pl.-tte Figs. 5, 8, and 9, located in proper relative position by means of notches 30, Fig. 9, and pins 31, Fig. Fig. 9 is a bottom plan view of the paperplate 20, and Fig. 8 an edge view thereof. The plate 25) is provided with openings 32, corresponding to openings 18 in hood 9, and also with slots corresponding to slots 17, Fig. 13. On the under side of the plate circular recesses 3t are countersunk across the slots and in the path of the key 1, and into the said circular recesses small spring-rings may be forced to prevent and limit the extent of the tilting of the key in the corresponding slots, whereby the corre sponding register cannot be actuated in case it is desired to prevent the operation of one or more certain registers. This plate 29 is called the paper-plate as it supports a label bearing the names of the candidates or other denominations for the registers. The

label is shown in one of the cells in Fig. Slots corresponding to slots 32 and a central ITO Opening to allow the disk to be slipped over the raised portion 36 of plate 29 are cut through the label. Above the label is placed a circular plate or cover of glass 37, Fig. 14, having a central opening to receive the raised center 36,'the said glass being held in position and the mechanism above the hood protected from unauthorized interference by the frame 38, locked to the hoodin the following manner: This frame 38 is provided with pins 39, having beveled heads 40, adapted to pass through the enlarged portion of slots 41 in the square top flange of the hood 9. (See Figs. 2 and 15.) Fig. 15 is an inverted plan of a portion of the top flange of hood A locking-pawl 42 is pivoted to the under side of this top flange, and normally the spring 43* presses the pawl 42 beneath the enlarged portion of one of the slots 41. When the pins 39 enter the slots 41', the beveled head 40, above the pawl 42, pushes the pawl out of its way, and when the frame 38 is then partially rotated to bring the pins 39 in the narrow portion of the slots 41,and hence prevent the frame from lifting, the locking-pawl 42, returning to its normal position, prevents the rotation of the frame, and thereby looks it.

Regt'sters.-Referring now to Figs. 5, 6, 7, 10, and 11, the bracket 43 of each register 7 or 8 carries a shaft 44, havinga series of register-wheels, as 45 46 47, loosely mounted thereon. The units wheel 45 has secured thereto a ratchet-wheel 48, having ten preferably square-cut notches. In front of the ratchet 48 an arm 49, Fig. 7, rigidly secured to register-shaft 44, carries a driving-pawl 50, having a squared end to engage in the notches of the ratchet. The square notches and pawl prevent tripping in either direction when a pawl and a ratchet are in engagement, and therefore normally prevent the register from being operated by any other means.

The inner ends of the register-shafts 44 are formed in shape of cranks 52 and have hooked extensions 53. Normally the register-shafts 44 are in such position that the cranks 52 lie in the various paths defined for the key 1 by the slots 17, as shown in Fig. 2. When, therefore, the key is tilted and advances through one of the slots 17, it strikes the rounded or beveled end of the crank 52 and swings it downward out of the way of the advancing key, and thus turns the register-shaft 44 onetenth of a revolution or a little over. The arm 49 being secured to the register-shaft 44, turns with it and by means of the driving-pawl 50, mounted on said arm, advances the ratchet 48 one-tenth of a turn, and consequently the units-register wheel 45 one unit. A springactuated retaining-pawl 54, mounted on an auxiliary shaft 55, engages the ratchet 48, allowing it to advance, but preventing its return. The drivingpawl 50 being retained in the notch in the ratchet 48, by engaging which it advances said ratchet, the crank 52 is maintained in its downward position. Hence when the key 1 swings the crank 52 downward the hook 53, entering the cup 16, retains the key in its tilted position, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, against the action of spring 12. It will thus be seen that a voter can cast but one vote in a cell-that is, a vote for one candidate for each office. To prepare the cell for the next voter, the key must be unlocked and the register shaft 44 and its arm 49 returned to their normal positions.

All the registers in the cell are constructed with the same parts; but the units-wheel 45, the ratchet 48, and arm 49 of the registers 7 are placed on the outer end of registershaft 44 and of the registers 8 on the inner end in order that the registers may be read correctly by the inspectors from one side of the complete cell.

A lever 56 in each register, fast on the auxiliary shaft 55, is placed at the side of the ratchet 48 and is so shaped as to pass over and around the arm 4.). Fig. 7 shows one of the registers 7 from the outer end, and Fig. 11 shows one of the registers 8 from the inner end. The operation is the same in each, however, and all the levers 56 stand in the same direction relative to the center of the cell, so that the levers 56, by means of the lever-tails 57, which pass down through openings in plate 2, are actuated alike and together by ring 24. The ring 24 is provided with projections 58 to engage the lever-tails 57. (See Fig. 6.) The levers 56 on the registers 8 being near the center of the cell, the tails 57 on those levers are placed near the outer end of auxiliary shaft 55, as shown in Fig. 10. The upper extensions 59 of levers 56 work in slots 19, for a purpose hereinafter explained.

The curved portion 60 of the lever 56 moves in a path to engage a projection 61 on the driving-pawl 50, and when the lever 56 is moved into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 7 the pawl 50 is forced out of the ratchet 48 against the action of spring 51, and register-shaft 44 and arm 49 are free to return to their normal positions. A spring 62, Fig. 11, secured at one end to the bracket 43, bears on a pin 63, projecting from the arm 49 through the slot 64 in the bracket. As soon as the curved portion 60 clears the pawl 50 from the ratchet 48 the spring 62 forces the arm 49 and register-shaft 44 back to their normal positions, the pawl 50 being out of engagement with ratchet 48, as shown in Fig. ll. The dotted position of arm 49 and pawl 50 in Fig. 7 can of course be only momentary. As register-shaft 44 resumes its normal position the hook 53 is raised out of the cup 16 and the key 1 is returned to its normal up right position by means of the rider 1'1 and spring 12. As long as the lever 56 is in the position shown in Fig. 11 the tilting of the key 1 will have no effect on the register, as driving-pawl 50 would 'ide on the outer edge of the curved portion 60 and not engage in ratchet 48.

At each revolution of units-wheel 45 a pin 05 thereon, Fig. 10, moves the star-wheel o6 (loosely mounted on auxiliary shaft 55) one tooth, and star-wheel 66 in turn actuates a pinion 67 on the tenswheel 16. The hundreds-wheel 17 and any other register-wheels that may be used are operated in the same way by the preceding register-wheels. Springs 68 prevent the pinions 67 from slipping when not positively moved.

A slide 69, Figs. 1 to 6 and 12 and 13, adapted to control all the cells, is actuated by a finger 70, carried on the controlling-shaft 71, Figs. 1 and 4. The controlling-shaft 71 is turned by means of the operating and indicating lever 72, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, from outside the booth. Lever 72 has a pivoted latch 73, which enters slots in the indicator 74. to lock the lever 72 in its respective positions.

The slide 69 (or, if more than one row of cells is used, slides 69, all actuated by fingers 70 on controlling-shaft 71) is engaged with the rings 24- by means of pins 75, projecting downward from the rings 2%. (See Fig. 5.)

Operation.

' 52 are in the raised position, and key 1 is free to be tilted in the central radial slots 17. The voter tilts the key 1 through one of the slots toward the name of the candidate he wishes to vote for. The key striking the registercrank 52 turns it downward and, as before described, one unit is registered for that candidate. The key 1 is locked in the tilted position by the hook 513 enga ing in cup 10, the crank 52 being held from return motion by pawl 50, as hereinoefore explained.

Locked position.VVhen the voter leaves the booth, the indicating-lever 72, Fig. 1, is moved to the lowest position in the indicator 7 1-, which moves the slide 69 into locking position. (Shown in full lines in Fig. The ring 24 is thus moved a partial rotation, sufficient to act upon the lever-tails 57 (see Fig. 6) and move all the levers 56 into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 11 and in dotted lines in Fig. 7. All the driving-pawls 50 are thus disengaged from their respective ratchets 48 and the arm 1:9 and register-shaft 4a of any register which has been actuated return to normal position, thus releasing the key 1. The spider has not been moved, as the forks of projection 23 are sufficiently far apart to permit of this slight movement of the ring 2% and its rod without affecting the spider. This is called the locked position, as the registering-wheels cannot be actuated by any movement of the key 1 or register-shaft 14:, as hereinbefore explained.

Totalt'z ing-register.-As the indicating-lever 72 is moved from voting to locking position a spur 76 on controlling-shaft 71, Fig. 4, raises an arm 77, pivoted to the framework. This arm 77 in turn lifts link 78 and arm 79, secured to shaft 80. Secured to the unitswheel end of shaft 80 is a pawl-carrier 81, the pawl engaging in a ratchet on the unitswheel. (See dotted lines, Fig. 12.) Any suitable form of register 82 may be used which can be adapted to register through the mechanism 76, 77, and 78. Thus each time the lever 72 is moved to release the keys the totalizingregister 82 is advanced a unit to show the total number of voters. \Vhen another voter enters the booth, the indicatinglever 72 is shifted back to voting position, whereby the ring 24 releases the levers 56, which return to normal position under the influence of springs 83, Fig. 7, and drivingpawls 50 engage with ratchets ab.

Reading retarns.lW hen the votes have all been cast, operating-lever 72 is first moved into locking position, whereby the keys are reset in normal position, and then lever 72 is moved to reading-of-returns position, Fig. 1, thereby causing the slide (39 to move the rings 24:. The rod 25 is moved into the position reading of returns, Fig. 13, and being engaged with the fork 23 rotates the spider 2O sufliciently to uncover the registers 7 8 and allow of the election returns being read. If every voter has operated a cell, the total number of votes registered in that cell should correspond with the number showing on totalizing-register 82. When the lever 72 is set to reading-of-returns position, the solid portions of the spider 20 between the slots 26 come in line with and partly cover the radial slots 17, thus reducing the angle of tilting of the key 1 to prevent further operation of the registers by means of the key.

New elecit'on.To change the label and return the registers 7 8 to zero, the lever 72 is moved to New-election position, thereby moving rod 25 against the end 8-1 of thelocking-pawl 42, Figs. 2 and 15, and forcing said pawl out of the path of the headed pins 39 on frame 88. The frame 38 thus unlocked can be partially turned to remove it in order to change the ballot or label having the names of the new candidates. This last movement of the rod 25 also rotates the spider 20 still farther, and the pins 27, Figs. 7, 11, and 1.7, working through slots 19, engage the upper extension 59 of the levers 56 and tilt the said lovers from the position shown in full lines in Fig. 7 to the position shown in Fig. 11. The pawls being thus forced out of engagement with the ratchets 48, the register-wheels are free to be reset to zero.

Independent Voting.

As so far described the voting-machine does not provide for casting a vote for a person not regularly nominated. Fig. 18 represents a special arrangement in which the cells are adapted to register the votes cast for five regular candidates and also to register the total number of independent votes cast in each cell and to operate mechanism to allow said independent votes to be For instance, live of the central radial slots in which the key 1 may be tilted are labeled with the names of five regular can didates,respectively,while the sixth slot is labeled Independent. \Vhen the key is tilted into the Independent slot, the corresponding register is actuated to record the number of independent votes cast in that cell and mechanism is operated to disclose a portion of paper on which the name of the independent candidate may be written. If all the keys 1 are tilted into the Independents1otin each and every cell, a narrow strip of the entire width of the record-sheet of paper would be disclosed ready to receive the names of independent candidates. As the key 1 is locked in whatever slot it enters, as before described, a voter is prevented from voting in the same cell both an independent and a regular vote.

Within the front part of the casing is a table 101, over which travels a paper 102, Fig. 19, from a supply-roll 103, Figs. 18 and 10, on which a certain amount of ,aper is wound, to a renewing-roll 101. in the easing 100 is a narrow slot directly over the table 101, wide enough to write with a pencil or otherwise record the name of an independent candidate. Swinging doors 106, Figs. 18 to 20, freely pivoted below the table 101 on shaft-107, normally close the slot 105, and thus cover the paper 102. Th shaft 107 is mounted in end pieces 108 106, secured to the bottom of the casing 100. There is one independentlyopening door 106 corresponding to every voting-cell, and each of said doors is separately and independently locked in the position to cover the corresponding writing space by means of s iding-actuated latch-rods 100, sliding in guides 110 in the casing and normally extending beneath lugs 111 on the doors 106. An upwardly-extendingarm 1120f each latchrod, guided in slot 113 in standard 6 of its corresponding cell, stands in the path traversed by the rider 11 on the key 1 when said key is tilted into the slot. marked for the independent vote.

In voting for any of the regular candidates whose names appear on the label the regis tering is effected as described in reference to Figs. 1 to 17, but the mechanism for independent voting is not operated. When, however, the key 1 is tilted into the Independent slot, not only is its register actuated, but the rider 11 forces the latch-rod 109 112 back against the action of spring 111, and the door 106, corresponding to the cell operated,

being unlocked, drops back by its own weight and uncovers a portion of the record-paper, upon which the voter can then write the name of his specially-selected candidate.

Loosely pivoted on one end of shaft 107 is an arm 115 and on the other end a pawlcarrier 116, Figs. 18, 19, and 20. A bar 117,

mounted at one end in a lug on the arm 115 and at the other end in alug on pawl-carrier .1115, passes across the front of the machine just beneath the spurs 111 of the doors 106. 'lheparts 115,116,and 117 are normally maintained in the position shown in full lines in Figs. 1.) and 20 by the con titer-balance 118. At one end of the paper-supply roll 103,011 a common center therewith,but independent therefrom, is a gear 119, with which pawl on carrier 116 engages. Two arms 121, swinging on a center common with the roll 103, support a driving-roll l22,maintained in frictional contact Willl the paper-receiving roll 101 by spring 123 acting on pins 121, projecting from arms 121 through slots in frames 108. Fast at one end of the driving-roll 122 is a gear 125, meshing with gear-wheel 119.

\Vhen any one of the doors 106 drops back, the spur 111 falls upon bar 117, carrying the bar, the arm 115, and the pawl-carrier 116 down ward, (see dotted position Fig. 20,) overcoming the counterweight 118, the said door, arm, and pawl-cmrier all swinging on shaft 107. The pawl 120 drags back over the teeth of gear-wheel 110 and the arm 115 drops onto the cam or eccentric 126, rigidly secured to the inner end of contnrolling-shaft 71.

\Vhen the voter leaves the booth, the oper ating and indicating lever 72 is moved to reset the cells, as before described, and if any of the doors 106 have been operated the eccentric 126 on the end of the controlling-shaft 71 raises the arm 115 from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 20 to that shown in full lines or back to normal position. As the arm 115 is raised, bar117 raises all of the doors 100 which may have been opened, and when the said doors have closed the slot 105 the latch-rods 109 of said opened doors spring forward, looking the doors in the closed position. The carrier 106 in returning actuates the gear 119 by means of the pawl 120 to unroll the paper from roll 103. The driving-roll, actuated by gears 119 and 125, winds the paper on the receiving-roll 101 by frictional contact. A fresh strip of the recordsheet is thus brought over the table 101. As the diameter of the roll of paper on the receiving-roll increases the driving-roll 122 is forced away against the action of spring 123. A belt 127 passes around two grooved pulleys, one fastened to gear 110 and the other engaging by means of a pin with receiving-roll 10st. By the difference in size of these pulleys the belt 127 tends to rotate the receiving-roll slightly faster than the driving-roll 122 moves the paper to keep the paper under constant tension and tightly wound on the receivingroll.

The rotation of the control1ii'ig-shaft71necessary to turn the eccentric 126 sufficiently to lift arm 115 is greater than the rotation required to reset the cells. Therefore a sleeve 128, carrying fingers 70 to engage the slides 69, is so mounted on shaft 71 that it pat-takes of part only of the rotation of said shaft. This is accomplished by providing the sleeve 128 with the slot 120, in which works a pin 130, projecting from shaft 71, said slot 129 being of a suitable length to permit the necessary extra rotation of shaft 71.

In reading the returns the number of votes cast for each regularcandidate is shown on the correspondingregister, as before described, and the total number of independent votes cast in each cell is shown by the register actuated by key 1 when tilted into the Independent slot. The votes for different independent candidates maybe counted on the record-sheet 102.

The paper-supply roll 103 and arm 121 are pivoted on screws 131. and the receiving-roll 104 on pivot screws 132, all screwed into frames 108. The screws when partly removed will permit the removal of the paper-rolls without disturbing the driving connections. To change the record-sheet 102, the front part 133 of the casing 100 is made to swing forward on pivots 13 i, Figs. 19, 21, and 22. Normally this swinging front' 133 is locked by latches 135, Fig. 21, which latches are only Withdrawn when the slide 60 is given the auxiliary motion necessary for Readingreturns or New election, hereinbefore described. This latch mechanism is shown in Figs. 18 and 22 in dotted lines and in full lines in Fig. 21. The slide (50 is provided with pins 136, adapted to strike bell-crank levers 137. Links 138 connect the bell-cran ks to the latches 135, so that as the bell -cran ks are turned the latches are withdrawn.

Fig. 23 represents a portion of the record paper 102. The paper is divided in lengthwise columns, each of which may be marked, preferably, at short intervals with numerals, as I I I in the first column, 1111 H in the second colum 21,620. The number I, II,or III, &c., in a columncorresponds toa similar number on a cell at the independent slot and each column serves as a record-sheet of its correspondingly-numbered cell.

Group Vol ting.

When it is desired to have more than one vote cast in a single cell and then limit the number of votes cast in said cell or in a group of said cells, the arrangement shown in Figs. 2st to 27 is used. Such arrangement is necessary when a plurality of officers for like offices-such as judges, coroner's, &c.are to be elected at the same time and each political party nominates as many candidates as there are parallel oiffices to be filled. A voter may wish to divide his votes between candidates of different political parties. It is therefore necessary to allow the key I to be free to re cord more than one vote in a cell, and the keys of two or more cells are grouped by mechanism limiting the total number of times the keys in the aggregate may be operated.

The registering and resetting mechanisms in cells 200 to 203 are the same as described in reference to Figs. 1 to 17, except hat the cup 10 on keyl is dispensed with and in its place a spring-actuated sleeve 201 is provided, for a purpose hereinafter explained. This sleeve 201 does not interfere with consecutive operation of several of the registers, for when the crank is turned down the hooked extensions 53, riding on the slightly-convex top of the sleeve, push it downward out of its way against the action of spring 205. (See cell 200, Fig. 25.) There being no cup 10 in which book 53 can engage, the key 1 is not locked in its tilted position, but as soon as released by a voter after actuating a register returns to its normal upright position by means ofspring-actuated rider 11. The crank 52 of the actuated register, however, being locked in its downward position by pawl 50 and ratchet 4C8, as before explained, the said register cannot be operated again until the resetting mechanism is actuated, thus preventing a voter from casting more than one vote for the same candidate.

To indicate and limit the total number of votes cast by one voter, the following totalizing mechanism is employed: Fitted in an opening in the base of the standard 0 is a plunger 200, normally pressed upward by spring 207 to abut against the lower end of rider 11. A platen 208, free to rotate in a circular recess in the base of the standard, is provided with guide-lugs 200 and 210, Figs. 24- and 25. The plunger 200 works through a central opening in the platen. A rack 211, guided by the lugs 200 and 210, passes through a slot in the plunger 200 without affectingits up-anddown motion. A pawl 212, carried by the plunger, is adapted to engage the rack 21]. and drive it forward one tooth at each downward motion of the plun: ger. A spring 213, secured at one end to the rack and at the other end to a stationary bar 2141-, tends to return the rack when released by pawl 212, but is prevented from doing so by a retaining-pawl 215, pivoted to lugs 210 and engaging with the rack.

It will be evident that when the key 1 is tilted sufficiently to actuate a register the rider 11, by sliding down on the key 1, forces the plunger 200 downward, as shown in cell 200, Fig. 25, and the pawl 21,2 drives the rack 211 forward one tooth. When the key 1 is released and rider 11 resumes its normal po sition, spring 207 forces the plunger 200 up and the pawl 212 returns to the position shown in cell 201, Fig. 25, ready to engage the next tooth of the rack 211. Now if the rack 211 should be prevented from moving the plunger 200 would be stopped in its downward movement by pawl 212 engaging with the teeth in the said rack, and consequently rider 11 and key 1 could not be tilted sufficiently to actuate a register. To limit the number of votes, therefore, means are provided to stop the rack after it has been driven forward as many teeth as the number of votes to be cast by one voter.

As shown in Fig. 24-, the racks 211 of the four cells are extended to one side of the ma- IIO 

